baton

See also batön

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French bâton.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: bătʹŏn, IPA: /ˈbætɒn/, X-SAMPA: /"b{tQn/
• (US) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA: /bəˈtɑn/, X-SAMPA: /b@"tAn/

Noun

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal
2. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
3. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
4. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
5. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

Translations

truncheon

• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), жезъл (bg) (žezǎl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警棍 (cmn) (jǐnggùn)

• Finnish: sauva, komentosauva, keppi
• Italian: bacchetta (it)
• Macedonian: пендрек (mk) (péndrek) m, палка (mk) (pálka) f
• Polish: pałka (pl) f

• Russian: жезл (ru) (žezl) m, палочка (ru) (páločka) f, палка (ru) (pálka) f
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: pèrtia

  Logudorese Sardinian: bèrtiga

• Sassarese Sardinian: vèrtiga
• Spanish: batuta (es) f
• Swedish: stav (sv) c

music: conductor's stick

• Bulgarian: диригентска палка (bg) (dirigentska palka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮棒 (cmn), 指挥棒 (cmn) (zhǐhuībàng)

• Czech: taktovka (cs) f
• Finnish: tahtipuikko (fi)
• German: Taktstock (de) m

• Japanese: 指揮棒 (ja) (shikibō)
• Latvian: zizlis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: dirigento lazdelė (lt) f
• Macedonian: палка (mk) (pálka) f
• Polish: batuta (pl) f
• Russian: дирижёрская палочка (ru) (dirižórskaja páločka) f
• Spanish: batuta (es) f

sports: object transferred by relay runners

• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), щафета (bg) (štafeta)
• Czech: kolík (cs) m
• Finnish: kapula (fi), viestikapula (fi)
• Latvian: nūjiņa (lv) f
• Macedonian: штафетна палка (mk) (štafétna pálka) f, штафета (mk) (štaféta) f

• Polish: pałeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: testemunho (pt) (Portugal), bastão (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: эстафетная палочка (ru) (estafétnaja páločka) f, палочка (ru) (páločka) f, эстафета (ru) (estaféta) f
• Swedish: stafettpinne (sv) c

club of the police

• Finnish: pamppu (fi)
• Indonesian: pentungan (id)
• Japanese: 警棒 (ja) (keibō)

• Portuguese: cacetete (pt)
• Russian: дубинка (ru) (dubínka) f
• Swedish: batong (sv) c

heraldry: an abatement

• Finnish: bastardijänne (fi)

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. To strike with a baton.

Translations

to strike with a baton

• Finnish: pamputtaa (fi)

• French: frapper avec une verge (fr)

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French bâton - stick.

Noun

baton

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

Declension

    declension of baton

nominative	baton
genitive	batonnıñ
dative	batonğa
accusative	batonnı
locative	batonda
ablative	batondan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [2]

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Esperanto

Noun

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

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Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

1. accept, get, receive

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

baton (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbatɔn/

Noun

baton m (diminutive batonik)

1. bar of chocolate

Declension

    declension of baton

	singular	plural
nominative	baton	batony
genitive	batona	batonów
dative	batonowi	batonom
accusative	baton	batony
instrumental	batonem	batonami
locative	batonie	batonach
vocative	batonie	batony